Meaning
6 sensesAny of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
Lerche
жа́воронокžávoronok
жа́йворонокžájvoronok
(broadly)One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
Frühaufsteher, Lerche
жа́воронокžávoronok
A jolly or peppy person.
A frolic or romp, some fun.
Spaß
заба́ваzabáva
A prank.
Streich
шу́ткаšútka, прока́заprokáza
Examples
19 sentencesI did it on a lark.
Tom's just larking about.
Том просто дуркує.
deTom albert nur herum.
Tom was up with the lark.
deTom ist beim ersten Hahnenschrei aufgestanden.
Don't come to school to lark around.
ruНе приходи в школу, чтобы дурачиться.
Her voice was sweeter than the lark's.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from ProtoFrom Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwaʀikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.
Uncertain, either
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Forms
plural: larksSynonyms
8 synonyms- any carefree episode:escapade
- North American songbirds having a yellow breast:meadowlark
- a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage:pipittitlark